To: 2015 Kalahari Participating Bands Fr: Chris Gleason Re: Festival Information Da: February 1, 2015

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1 To: 2015 Kalahari Participating Bands Fr: Chris Gleason Re: Festival Information Da: February 1, 2015 Greetings! The Eighth Annual Band Festival at the Kalahari is right around the corner! I am very excited about this year s festival! We have added a few new ideas and offerings to make this festival even better. Please read this information very carefully. This letter will hopefully answer most of your questions. If not, please contact me anytime. This year, like last year, we will be using an online registration process. Please read through the information and then go to the Band Festival Website ( to start the registration process! Here are the deadlines: Item Due Date Band Roster and Photo (to be ed to Chris. Specific instructions below) Mon, March 16 Online Registration (waterpark/indoor themepark pass # s, pizza lunch # s, tshirt order # s) Wed, March 18 Payment & Scores (one check for your total amount. Must be postmarked by the due date to avoid late fee of $20) Fri, March 20 Student/Equipment Drop Off- As you approach the Kalahari on the service road leading up to the building, continue straight toward the convention center and do not turn right toward the main entrance of the hotel. You will go under a skywalk that connects the convention center to the Kalahari Condo complex. Once on the other side of the building, take a right and you will see the east convention center entrance. Load and unload students and instruments at this door. A member of our staff will be there to meet you when you arrive. They will lead you to your homeroom/warm-up room, give you instructions for the day, and give you the bracelets for the waterpark and/or vouchers for the indoor theme park, pizza/soda tickets. Your bus should park in the parking lot adjacent to the drop off area (East Parking Lot). Schedule- Please follow the schedule listed for your ensemble exactly. With so many bands participating over two days and directors coming to do professional development, it is imperative that we stay on schedule and do not alter the plans. For example, eating pizza at a time not designated for your group will cause crowding and longer lines for food. If you feel it necessary to change the schedule please contact me in advance to see what is possible. Homeroom/warm-up rooms The room that is listed by your school on the schedule will function as both your homeroom and warm-up room. We will have chairs set up in this room. There will not be music stands provided in your warm-up room. You can bring folding stands if you wish. The rooms are fairly sound proof, but keep in mind that performances are taking place across the hallway. Loud talking and playing instruments in the hallways is strictly prohibited. You may stay in the homerooms until it states clear room on the chart below. At that time you need to take your instruments/supplies out to your buses while you swim. Keep in mind that these rooms will not be locked at any time during the day. The Kalahari and this Band Festival cannot be responsible for lost or stolen items. Performance & Clinic Rooms The performance room will be 1, 2, 7, and 8 on your map. When it is time to perform we will have a staff member come get you. Our stage crew will set up your chairs and stands, but please feel free to rearrange as you wish. Your band will enter the performance area using the doors off of the North Atrium. Two large screens will contain a picture of your school/logo and the name of your group. Your band will be introduced using the information you supply on the online registration. There will be a microphone available if you or your students want to introduce your selections. When you have finished performing your clinician may begin a portion of the clinic in the performance hall while the

2 preceding clinic finishes in the Clinic Room. When it is time to leave for the clinic, please exit using the North Hallway doors. The Wind Clinic Room will be in Room #5 Percussion Clinic Room This year we have hired three percussion specialists so that each band s percussion section can receive a full 30 minute clinic in a designated percussion clinic room while the rest of your band receives a clinic. We will have a percussion specialist watching your percussion section and taking notes during your performance. When your performance has ended the percussion specialist will take your percussionists to the percussion clinic room (Mangrove Room) to talk about what was observed and suggestions for growth and improvement. The percussion clinic room will be furnished with similar equipment found in the performance room. Any percussion equipment you bring into the performance room will be transported to the percussion clinic room and then back to your homeroom. You will receive written comments from the percussion specialist as well. Conducting Clinician We have hired a clinician who will capture video of you conducting during your band s performance then manipulate the video using an ipad application giving you feedback on your conducting technique. During the registration process you will get to identify what you want feedback on in regards to your conducting. For example, you could ask the clinician to focus on your preparatory gestures, use of left hand, or pattern size. The clinician s comments will be sure to address your requested area. Don t worry - there s no grade associated with this or an expectation that you will be the next Leonard Bernstein. Rather, we hope to give you some good information that will maybe help you to advance your conducting skills. (It can also be a good thing to share with your administrator Danielson Domain #4) Literature/WSMA The number and type of selections performed is up to each ensemble. Keep in mind, however that you will have a 30 minute window to set-up, perform, and leave for the clinic. The online registration form will ask you to identify the selections you plan to perform (in performance order if possible). You will need to mail THREE copies of your scores for the adjudicators postmarked by March 20. Please put the name of your school on the cover of each score AND number all the measures so the clinicians can make quick notes on the performance. This festival does meet the requirements as a clinic festival for the WSMA. Remember to fill out necessary forms and send payment directly to WSMA. I put the WSMA clinic form on the Band Festival Website if you need to download it. Equipment - We will provide black music stands and conductor s podium for both the performance site and the clinic sites. Large percussion will also be provided. The online registration will ask you to indicate what large percussion you plan to use. All bands should plan to bring their own snare drums, cymbals & cymbal stands, and any accessory percussion instruments, including all mallets and sticks. In other words, bring any percussion not listed on the online registration form. Clinicians - In addition to our percussion specialists and conducting clinician, we will have five adjudicators at the festival. One adjudicator will listen to every band and make verbal comments using a digital recorder during your band s performance. The other four adjudicators will rotate listening to bands and clinicing them during the day. The 2015 Clinicians Information can be found on the last page of this document. Spectators- The performances are free and open to the public. We will have ample seating for parents if they choose to come to hear the performance. Please remind parents that we do not want flash photography during the performance (before and after is fine). You may also take video during the performance. Spectators and parents will not be allowed in the clinic room. Spectators can park in either the West or East Lots. Live Streaming Broadcast Site- Your performance will be broadcast live on the internet. This year we again use LiveStream. The benefit of this service is no commercials! However, you need to sign into this website in order to watch the broadcast. Sign-up is free, and takes an active account or Facebook account and about 3 minutes to set it up. Share this link with your families, other students, (and administrators!) so they can listen to your performance!

3 Livestream Sign-up Process Step by Step 1. Click on the link and you will see this 2. Click on Join with (or do the Join with Facebook...that is easy too!) 3. After you enter you address you will see this 4. Go to your account and follow the instructions. 5. You will be directed back to the Livestream site to Login. 6. Once you are logged in you should type Band Festival at the Kalahari in this spot 7. You will then see this screen and will be able to select the Thursday Performances or Friday Performances. Envelope Pick-up - Scores and clinician comment forms of your performance will be available following your clinic. Please send someone to the clinician table to pick up your scores/comment forms following the clinic. The recording of your performance will be sent as a Dropbox link by Monday, April 27 th for sure (probably sooner than that). The recording will contain two tracks. The first track will be a recording of your band s performance in stereo. The next recording will be an adjudicator s audio comments (right speaker) and your band s performance (left speaker). The video of your conducting critique will be sent directly to you via . Award and Photo - Immediately following your performance please have one or two representatives of your band come forward to receive the annual plaque from your clinician. A photo of this award presentation will be taken and put on the Band Festival Website for you to download. Pizza- Like previous years, each paying participant will receive a token for a slice of pizza and a soda. Pizza/soda will be available in rooms 3 & 6 adjacent to the performance hall. Pizza will also be available in the lobby near the waterpark. The movable walls in these convention centers do little to prevent sound carryover. Please remind students to be aware of this and to be on the soft side during lunch. Directors/chaperones paying the $26 will receive a pizza token as well. Those not paying the $26 can preorder the $9 pizza tokens. Cash will not be accepted in rooms 3 & 6 and extra tokens cannot be purchased or refunded on the day of the festival.

4 Band Festival Programs- Thanks to sponsorship by Ward Brodt Music in Madison, Wisconsin we will again have a beautiful FREE music program booklet for each of your students. This will surely be a wonderful keepsake for your students. Each band will get one page in the booklet. The page will display a group photo of the band as well as performance selections, and band roster. In order to make this a success, please be sure to complete the online registration process fully, including sending a group photo of your band (Best Quality 300 dpi is preferred. Landscape x 1200 pixels if possible) and a list of the students in your band. Please use the Program Roster Template (Excel file) found on Band Festival Website when submitting your roster listing your students in this manner: First Name Last Name [example Bill Nelson). Please do not do Last Name, First Name. No special font is necessary, as all of the formatting will need to be redone to fit the booklet. Please do not send PDF s or Word documents of your roster. Rosters will only be accepted using the provided Program Roster Template Excel File. Band Festival Tshirts - Official Band Festival at the Kalahari Tshirts will be sold only in advance again this year! Check out the new design for 2015!! These high quality cotton tshirts are blue and come in Youth Sizes M, L, XL and Adult Sizes S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL. The shirts say "Relax and Enjoy Band 8th Annual Band Festival at the Kalahari, April 23-24, 2015" on the front and Sir Ken Robinson s quote Curiosity is the engine of achievement as well as the names of each participating bands on the back. Each shirt is only $ Shirts size 2XL or larger will need to add $2 more per shirt. Your ordered shirts will be given to you when you arrive at the festival. You will place your tshirt order when you do the rest of your online registration. However, an order form has been developed for your use with your students. Feel free to use this if you wish. Activity Choice Like last year Students/Chaperones/Directors paying the $25 will have a choice when registering of a waterpark wristband or an indoor theme park pass* (groups staying overnight see below). You do not need a pass to enter the indoor theme park, however you do need a wristband to enter the waterpark. So students electing to get the waterpark wristband can still do indoor theme park activities; however they will need to pay for each activity (see the Kalahari Website for individual indoor theme park activity prices). Each participating school will receive two free observer waterpark wristbands allowing two chaperones/ directors to enter the waterpark for free if they remain in street clothes. NEW this year is the option to purchase more observer waterpark passes for $10 each. Same rules apply, you must remain in street clothes, but this gives a less expensive option for adults just wanting to be in the waterpark. There is no cost for directors and chaperones to observe students in the indoor theme

5 park. The price for chaperones/directors who would like to swim or receive an indoor theme park unlimited ride wristband is $26 if sent in with this registration form. Please note that this will not be the price at the door on the day of the event (it will be significantly higher!). Please be careful not to lose a wristband as there are no extras. You may want to consider bringing a pair of scissors to cut the excess when kids put on their wristbands. Also, you cannot exchange or request more or less of a certain wristband after the March 18 registration deadline. The Kalahari will have lifeguards and employees working both parks, however it is recommended that an adult chaperone be in each park to watch the kids. Students should not wander to other locations in the hotel complex including the Desert Star Cinema which is attached to the complex via the indoor theme park without adult supervision. **If a child is sick or cannot attend you can return the waterpark wristband or indoor themepark to the group sales office on the day you are at the festival for a voucher good for a future visit to the waterpark or indoor themepark. The group sales office is identified on the map of the facilities and is next to the Acacia Room. The wristbands and pizza tokens will be valid the days of the event only and cannot be used at any further dates/times. Waterpark Locker rentals are available at the Waterpark Desk for approx. $10 daily ($5 refunded when key is returned). The payment must be in cash. Students will also have use of the locker rooms and showers. Towels will also be available for student use. Many groups last year had students place their clothes/towels on the deck overlooking the waterpark (mezzanine) and had a chaperone keep an eye on it during their swimming time. Indoor Theme Park The Indoor Theme Park at Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells features over 100,000 square feet of excitement. Participants choosing the indoor theme park unlimited ride wristband will be able to enjoy the 6-story Ferris wheel, mini golf, go carts, ropes course, climbing wall, laser tag, and the recently added Vortex Tunnel, Atomic Rush, and XD Dark Ride 5D Theater!!! The pass does not include arcade games, bowling or golf simulators. Hotel - Family members can stay at the Kalahari on Thursday or Friday night for a discounted price. The pre-tax rate will be $ for Thursday night 4/23/15 or Friday night 4/24/15 (up to 4 in a room). Reservations can be made on an individual basis by calling on or before Tuesday, March 24, Ask for the Patrick Marsh Middle School Band 2015 Room Block. Please note the number of rooms at this rate are limited. *Band Staying the Night? A few groups are already planning to stay the night at the Kalahari. If you are interested in this, let me know, however the number of rooms we have at the reduced rate are limited. Just a reminder to those groups staying - waterpark passes are included with your room fee. Therefore you do not need to order wristbands during registration, however you cannot request a certain number of indoor wristbands, etc. If students would like to do the indoor themepark either have them pay a la carte on the day of the festival or purchase the indoor unlimited ride wristband during registration (this will be above and beyond the price for the room- so in essence they will have both an waterpark wristband and an indoor themepark wristband if desired). Also, don t forget to sign up for the pizza vouchers as this does not come with your room ($9 per student). Payment Once you have completed and submitted the online registration I will you an invoice for the total amount you owe. Please send a copy of this invoice along with payment postmarked by Friday, March 20, Please send one check made payable to Patrick Marsh Middle School. Mail to: Chris Gleason, Patrick Marsh MS, 1351 Columbus St, Sun Prairie, The $26 price is only available to participating students, directors and chaperones not other family members. Additional tickets cannot be purchased at this price after March 18. Refunds will only be made on or before March 18. Additional passes to the waterpark or indoor theme park after March 18 will be at full price.

6 NEW Professional Development Opportunity! April 23-24, 2015 Band Festival at the Kalahari is now offering one graduate credit for band directors. Get new literature ideas by listening to as many as 46 middle school bands from 4 states! Assess and reflect upon each performance you attend making note of the concepts, skills and knowledge you would reinforce and correct with each ensemble. Then follow the group into the clinic room observing our guest clinicians working with students! Attend sessions on a variety of topics presented by the guest band festival clinicians throughout the day. The sessions will cover things such as quality band literature, rehearsal techniques, assessment, score study, warm-up procedures, percussion technique, equipment, technology, Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance (CMP), conducting techniques, SLO and many other ideas. Watch master percussion educators working with percussion sections! Collaborate and share your ideas with your band colleagues. Come join us for this amazing new opportunity! Registration Fee: $50 (Optional) One Graduate Credit $175 (through Viterbo) (Optional) Lunch $6 (slice of pizza and soda) (Optional) Band Festival T-Shirt $10 Register Online at: Registration closes on April 6, 2015 Earn one graduate credit in one day or create your own schedule over two days. Authentic professional development created with the teacher in mind.

7 Band Festival at the Kalahari Professional Development Course Schedule Thursday 4/23/15 Friday 4/24/15 7:30 AM Register & Info Register & Info 8:00 AM Percussion Session 1 Percussion Session 1 Ken Paris Stacey Zwerlein 8:30 AM Logan Perf Lincoln Perf 9:00 AM Logan Clinic Lincoln Clinic 9:30 AM Hamilton Perf Carpentersville Perf 10:00 AM Hamilton Clinic Carpentersville Clinic 10:30 AM Winona Perf CHUMS Concert Perf 11:00 AM Winona Clinic CHUMS Concert Clinic 11:30 AM Whitehorse Perf Kromery Perf 12:00 PM Lunch Lunch 12:30 PM Director Session 1 Director Session 1 Thursday 4/23/15 Friday 4/24/15 Director Session 3 Director Session 3 5:00 PM Tim Gleason Tim Gleason 5:30 PM Dinner Dinner 6:00 PM Sabish Perf DC Everest Perf 6:30 PM Sabish Clinic DC Everest Clinic 7:00 PM Green Lake Perf Brookwood Perf 7:30 PM Green Lake Clinic Brookwood Clinic 8:00 PM Kenosha Perf Lake Country Perf 8:30 PM Kenosha Clinic Lake Country Clinic 9:00 PM Debrief Session Debrief Session Total Hours 12.5 Total Hours :00 PM Rich Tengowski 1:30 PM Director Session 2 Dr. John Stewart Director Session 2 The PD Registration allows the participant to attend as many performances and clinics as they wish. 2:00 PM Dave Gudmastad Dr. John Climer Perc Session 2 Perc Session 2 2:30 PM Stacey Zwerlein Cindy Terhune 3:00 PM Dodgeville Perf Oak Creek Perf 3:30 PM Dodgeville Clinic Oak Creek Clinic 4:00 PM Wautoma Perf Kewaskum Perf 4:30 PM Wautoma Clinic Kewaskum Clinic To receive one graduate credit, the participant needs to complete 12.5 hours of sessions, performances and clinics. This can be completed in one day or in a combination of two days. Participants can choose to watch a performance and then attend the percussion clinic or wind clinic. Credit also requires a detailed written report (2-3 pages) addressing multiple application ideas gained through the course. This will be due no later than May 11, Directors attending with their own bands can receive up to 2 ½ hours of course time as they participate in the festival themselves.

8 8th Annual Band Festival at the Kalahari April 23-24, 2015 Meet the Clinicians Dr. John Climer is Director of University Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee s Peck School of the Arts. At UW-Milwaukee, John oversees all aspects of the band program, guides the graduate wind conducting area, and serves as conductor of the Wind Ensemble, the University s premiere wind band. Before his appointment in Milwaukee, he served for fourteen years as Director of Bands at Ohio University. As a guest conductor and clinician, Dr. Climer has led performances at numerous festivals, universities, and concert venues including the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Eastman School of Music, and the Rocky Mountain Music Festival among others. Ensembles under his direction have performed for four conferences of the College Band Directors National Association including the 2013 National Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, the North Dakota Music Educators Association, the Ohio Music Educators Association (1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008), the Wisconsin State Music Conference, and the Society of Composers Inc. This summer the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wind Ensemble will perform at the 16 th International Conference of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in San Jose, CA. John is the recipient of the Ohio University School of Music Distinguished Teaching Award, the Ohio University College of Fine Arts Outstanding Teacher Award, and in 2007, he received the Outstanding Music Educator Alumni Award from the University of Akron. He is President of the North Central Division of the College Band Directors National Association and the former Editor of the Report, an online publication of CBDNA. He is currently working on a recording project that will showcase repertoire for soloists and winds and will feature the UW-Milwaukee Wind Ensemble and faculty artists. The project is funded with a grant from the Vilas Foundation, and will be completed in Climer earned degrees from the University of Akron, Cincinnati s College-Conservatory of Music and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. His principal conducting teachers were Gary W. Hill and Terence Milligan, and he studied trombone with Edward Zadrozny, Tony Chipurn, and John Leisenring. He has served on the faculties of Ohio University, the University of North Dakota, Ohio Northern University, and Emory University (Atlanta, GA) where he also served as the conductor of the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony.

9 Dave Gudmastad directed the Winona Cotter High School Band Program for 25 years. He retired from teaching band at Cotter in 2012, and continues to work as a music educator in the Winona area. He is currently an instructor in the Music Education Department at Winona State University. He also directs the Winona MIddle School Jazz Band and the Jazz Combo Program at the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts (MCA). Dave also teaches private brass lessons at MCA. Prior to his tenure at Cotter High School, Dave served as Vocal and Instrumental Music Director for West River Public Schools in Dupree, SD, and as Director of Bands in the Centerville Public Schools in Centerville, SD and the Lynnville-Sully Community Schools in Sully, IA. Dave earned a Bachelor of Arts from Augustana College and a Master of Music from the University of South Dakota. Dave was named the Minnesota Music Educator of the Year in Dave has been a Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin adjudicator for large group, solo/ensemble, jazz ensemble and marching band festivals since He has served on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) and on the Music Advisory Council for the Minnesota State High School League. He is also a charter member of the Winona Brass Band, as well as a member of the Jazz Education Network, Minnesota Band Directors Association, Phi Beta Mu, and International Trumpet Guild. Dr. John R. Stewart is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Concert Bands at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire where he conducts the Wind Symphony, teaches courses in conducting and repertoire, supervises student teachers, and coordinates the concert band program. Dr. Stewart maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and clinician. He completed his Doctorate of Philosophy in Music Education (2013) at the University of Minnesota while studying conducting with Craig Kirchhoff. Dr. Stewart earned his Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Central Florida (1996) and a Master of Arts in Music Education from the University of South Florida (2009). Prior to his appointment at UWEC, Dr. Stewart was Interim Conductor of the St. Cloud State University Wind Ensemble (Minnesota). Dr. Stewart served as Director of Bands at Saint Cloud High School (Florida) from where he directed the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Percussion Ensemble and Marching Band. In 2006, he earned his National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and in 2008 was named the St. Cloud High School "Teacher of the Year." Dr. Stewart contributed to Teaching Music through Performance in Band: Solos with Wind Band Accompaniment published by GIA Publications, Inc., and has been published in the Minnesota Music Educators Association Journal. His current research interests include Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance (CMP) and repertoire. His professional affiliations include College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, Wisconsin Music Educators Association, National Band Association and the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles. Dr. Stewart lives in Eau Claire and enjoys spending time with his wife, Crisinda and daughter, Hannah.

10 Richard Tengowski is the Director of Bands for the School District of Kohler. He teaches elementary, middle and high school concert bands, jazz ensemble, pep band, drumline and secondary general music. He has a B.M. in Music Education from St. Norbert College and an M.M. from Northwestern University Mr. Tengowski is proud to begin his 28th year as Director of Bands at Kohler Public Schools. He is also the Past-President of the Wisconsin Music Educators Association and has taken leadership roles with the Wisconsin Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance Project and the Wisconsin Challenging Content Standards Task Force in developing standards for the state of Wisconsin. Tengowski's work has been published in a recent book entitled Shaping Sound Musicians and MENC publications entitled Performance Standards for Music,Strategies for Teaching Beginning and Intermediate Band and Strategies for Teaching High School Band. He has served on the Music Educators Journal Editorial Committee and is on the state task force to revise the Wisconsin Music Curriculum Guide. An active speaker and clinician, he has addressed state, regional and national education groups including the WMEA state conferences and NAfME national conferences. Mr. Tengowski is a 2002 Herb Kohl Educational Fellowship Award Recipient and was recently inducted into the Wisconsin Bandmaster Association. Mr. Tengowski also is an active performer. He has performed with the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, Green Bay Civic Orchestra, Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Pamiro Opera Company, Sebastian Chamber Ensemble, and the American Promenade Orchestra. He also serves as an Associate Lecturer in Music at the UW-Sheboygan Center teaching Applied Clarinet and Saxophone. Mr. Tengowski can usually be seen playing in the pit orchestras of many of the National Broadway Show Tours as a Woodwind Specialist in Appleton, Green Bay and Madison. He has also performed with Aretha Franklin, Sallie Struthers, Robert Goulet, Sandy Duncan, Cathy Rigby, Tony Curtis, Sutton Foster, Anne Murray, Bernadette Peters, Don Rickles, Bobby Vinton, Johnnie Mathis, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, and Marie Osmond. Mr. Tengowski is an active master adjudicator, guest artist and conductor throughout the state of Wisconsin. He is a member of NAfME, WMEA, WBA, Wisconsin Arts Assessment Leadership Academy, Wisconsin Alliance for the Arts, and Past-President of the Wisconsin Association of Music Supervisors, Coordinators, and Department Chairs. Percussion Specialists Cindy Terhune earned her bachelor s degree in music education from UW-Madison and completed her masters in music performance under the direction of Anthony DiSanza at UW-Madison. She owns the Terhune Music Studio where she teaches private piano and percussion lessons to about fifty students. She has performed as a section percussionist with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Madison Symphony Orchestra, and principal percussion in the Beloit-Janesville Symphony. She teaches the Sun Prairie High School percussion ensemble and is assistant director of the Sound of Sun Prairie Marching Band in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Cindy freelances as a percussion clinician (concert and rudimental) at many area school districts including Beaver Dam, Beloit Turner, Lodi, and Waukesha West.

11 Ken Paris is a retired band director and educator. His teaching career included four years( ) in Fort Atkinson and thirty years( ) in Sun Prairie. Mr. Paris received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago (1975) and his Masters degree in music education from UW Madison in Professionally, he was a member of WSMA (Wisconsin School Music Association), MENC (Music educators national conference) and WNBA (Wisconsin national band association). Mr. Paris was also President/Treasurer/Secretary of MACBDA (Mid America Competing Band Directors Association) for 15 years. His duties in Fort Atkinson school district included elementary band, HS marching band and all percussion lessons district wide. In Sun Prairie, Mr. Paris taught band at every level and building in the district. He also directed the HS pep band, JV sound project and Sound of Sun Prairie for many years. He was department coordinator for 6 years and taught a jazz ensemble every year since its start in the early 1980's. Mr. Paris grew up on a dairy farm south of Madison and attended school in Oregon. He loves the sport of volleyball and coached in Sun Prairie from Mr. Paris retired in June of 2009 and looks forward to the opportunities of travel and spending more time with his family. Stacey Zwirlein is the Associate Director of Bands and Director of Orchestra at Arrowhead High School. Mrs. Zwirlein conducts Chamber Strings, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, North Jazz and South Jazz Ensembles, AHS Percussion Ensemble, while assisting in the other ensembles in the music program. In addition, Mrs. Zwirlein is the Director of Pep Band and Assistant Director of the AHS Marching Band. Prior to her position at Arrowhead, she worked with the Waukesha South Marching Band, Racine Lighthouse Brigade, and the Sound of Sun Prairie Marching Band (two ensembles in the summer competitive MACBDA circuit). Mrs. Zwirlein holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from UW-Madison and a Masters in Music Education from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, Illinois. She attended UW-Madison on a four-year music scholarship and was awarded the Gerald B. Olson Music Education Scholarship in In 2004, Mrs. Zwirlein was selected from numerous undergraduate and graduate students as a winner in the UW-Madison School of Music Concerto Competition, performing Keiko Abe's Prism Rhapsody as a soloist with the UW-Madison Symphonic Orchestra. She is an accomplished percussionist, performing with numerous ensembles around the state, and performed Rosauro's Marimba Concerto #1 with the Arrowhead Wind Ensemble in 2008 and Gary Ziek s Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble in Mrs. Zwirlein performed on the CD Footprints, featuring Michael Udow's works for percussion ensemble. Mrs. Zwirlein is collaborating with composer Alex Shapiro on her 2015 Consortium Commission, Lights Out! with the Arrowhead Symphonic Band. Arrowhead is the only ensemble in Wisconsin that will be premiering the commission in Spring of Mrs. Zwirlein has collaborated in other Arrowhead commission projects with talented composers such as Fred Sturm, Carl Holmquist, Michael Markowski, and others. She has collaborated with Mrs. Markano in three Arrowhead theater productions, Pride and Prejudice, MacBeth, and Alice in Wonderland in which she composed and arranged the music for the script and directed a Pit Orchestra of student musicians. Mrs. Zwirlein is an active membership in Music Educators National Conference, National Band Association, and Wisconsin Music Educators Association. Mrs. Zwirlein was invited to serve as the percussion coach for the WSMA State Honors Orchestra for the seasons. She is an active clinician, percussion coach, and performer. She resides in Menomonee Falls with her incredible husband, Nick, (also a musician), their latest addition, Oskar (13 months), and two cats.

12 Conducting Specialist Tim Gleason has a degree in Instrumental Music Education from UW-LaCrosse and a Masters Degree from Winona State University. Mr. Gleason has taught in Winona for the past 21 years. He has enjoyed attending numerous workshops including the University of Minnesota s Wind Band Symposium and Winona s study of the Abundant Community. Winona Senior High School has four concert bands, a marching band and a jazz ensemble. The Winona High School Band program is widely respected for both the size and quality of their program. The concert bands have performed a numerous local and state festivals. The Winhawk Marching Band has finished in the top 5 at the Minnesota State Fair every year since 1996 and has just returned from a performance at the Magic Music Days in Orlando Florida. Mr. Gleason also coaches many varsity sports each year including girls basketball, boys and girls track and football. Mr. Gleason has memberships in the National Band Association, National Association for Music Education, and Minnesota Music Educators Association.

13 Congratulations... you made it through a lot of information! Here is your to do list: By Monday, March 16: full ensemble photo (300 dpi or better) to Chris - cpgleas@sunprairieschools.org your band s roster using the Program Roster Template (Excel file) found on Band Festival Website -Remember {first name last name} By Wednesday, March 18: Have your students decide if they want the waterpark wristband or indoor themepark wristband. Figure out how many chaperones/directors you will have and how many of them will want wristbands & pizza (keep in mind the two free observer passes and can purchase more observer passes if they do not want to swim or ride). Share the t-shirt order form and the Livestream website information with your student s parents/relatives. Complete the online registration and click submit. By Friday, March 20: Look for an invoice for total bill from Chris. Send invoice back with one check made payable to Patrick Marsh Middle School. Put your school s name on the cover of your scores then number and copy your scores (3 each) ** Must be postmarked by the due date to avoid late fee of $20 Contact Chris with any questions - cpgleas@sunprairieschools.org School Phone:

14 $10 The Official Band Festival at the Kalahari 2015 Tshirt! Size Quantity Sub Total Youth M Youth L Youth XL S M L XL 2XL* 3XL* Grand Total: Black 6.1 oz., pre-shrunk 100% cotton. Double-needle stitched neckline, bottom hem and sleeves Quarter turned Shoulder-to-shoulder taping 7/8" collar. PRICE: $10 each *Adult sizes 2XL and larger add $2 Checks Payable To: Due By:

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